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Table 1 Sociodemographic and other characteristics of the population

From: Relationship between Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and schizophrenia in the Lebanese population: potential implication of genetic polymorphism of MMP-9

 

Patients without schizophrenia

Frequency (%)

Patients with schizophrenia

Frequency (%)

p-value

Marital status

Single

26 (17.3%)

134 (89.3%)

< 0.001

Married

124 (82.7%)

16 (10.7%)

Socioeconomic levela

No income

72 (48.0%)

85 (56.7%)

0.161

Low

68 (45.3%)

54 (36.0%)

Intermediate

8 (5.3%)

11 (7.3%)

High

2 (1.3%)

0 (0.0%)

Education level

Primary

64 (42.7%)

39 (26.0%)

0.007

Complementary

55 (36.7%)

59 (39.3%)

Secondary

16 (10.7%)

32 (21.3%)

University

15 (10.0%)

20 (13.4%)

Employment

Unemployed

75 (50.0%)

93 (62.0%)

0.036

Employed

75 (50.0%)

57 (38.0%)

 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

 

Age

57.91 ± 27.99

55.91 ± 12.92

0.428

  1. aLow USD < 1000; intermediate USD 1000–2000; and high USD > 2000; numbers in bold indicate significant p-values